<li>Heraldic Artists who are volunteers seated on the Heraldry Committee will normally recuse himself from a vote on artwork he has himself created.</li>
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==Policy on Registration of Arms==
<address>Adopted 21 April 2012</address>
===Purpose===
<p>The purpose of the policy is to provide the armiger with the criteria The Augustan Society uses in accepting their registration of arms in a clear and definitive manner as to minimize misunderstandings that may develop in the applicaiton process. The Society maintains a highly respected status within the international heraldic community and this policy is designed to sustain not just the Society's reputation but to assure the armiger that by the registration of their arms with the Society that they have been reviewed by highly qualified heraldic experts and can be gratified that their arms meet those high heraldic standards</p>
===Conceptual===
<p>The Augustan Society will register the armornial achievements of individual and corporate petitioners (including arms for their ancestors) that recognize tghe arms in use by the petitioner in their home country. In doing so, due deference will be given to prior grants and registrations from legitimate and recognized heraldic institutions, and to the laws and traditions of heraldry in the petitioner's home country.</p>
===Definitive===
<p>The Augustan Society will register on ly one set of persona arms for each armiger. For petitions with more than one valid coat of arms, perhaps originiating from different jurisdictions, the Society will register the one requested by the petitioner. However, for petitioners living in countries with official granting bodies, it is expected tha the armiger will avail himself of such institution, and the Society will not register arms not approved by that instutution. Where the situation exists, the Society will register the arms of petitioners which have previously been registered within the armiger's home country. The armiger is restricted to use what they have registered with the Society for use within the Society's publications, should they have multiple arms.</p>
<p>It is understood that personal arms can “grow” during the armiger's lifetime. As examples, but not limited to, such changes may be due to recognized chivalric or nobiliary achievements; or that through genealogical research the armiger may become entitled to change their personal arms to reflect those heraldic entitlements. If it becomes necessary and appropriate to amend a registration, such an amended registration will be in lieu of the original registration. Changes or additions in orders of chivalry will not be considered sufficient reason for changes in the armiger's registration, but re-registration will be needed before the Socieyt will amend the depiction of their arms in their Certificates or <em>The Augustan Society Roll of Arms</em>.</p>
<p>When an armiger has documented an entitled cause for changes in the armeger's arms, it is the armiger's responsibility to re-register their arms, reflecting those approved and entitled changes, paying current registration and artwork fees. When an amended registration is published in <em>The Augustan Society Roll of Arms</em>, a statement will be included indicating that it supersedes a prior regisration (with appropriate citation).</p>
<p>It is to be noted that the Justiciar General and those individuals or bodies, such as the Heraldry Committee, that come under his purview, an the Society's Heraldic Authority. All heraldic registrations will be revieweed for approval by the Justiciar General or his designee, that all applications for registration by The Augustan Society meet proper heraldic standards. Disputes over rulings of the Justiciar General may be appealed to the Board of Directors.</p>